Will you boycott gas?

are you fucking joking me, dont be retarded. even if 10,000 people boycotted gas that wouldnt do shit. live with it, you cant change it

good idea! lets start with a bunch of prepubescent ns'ers!

It would make some difference.
i cant believe that you say that we should live with this bullshit government and how its kicking the middle and lower classes ass.

youre probably a higher class citizen if you are saying that, because youre being aided by this administration

its not the government, its wordlwide oil supply. its called supply and demand. people need it so they price it higher because its a necessity (pretty much).

are you joking me??? that would make no difference AT ALL. the US, currently, is pretty much run on gas. without gas we are fucked. until all the new technological cars come out just live with it. i guarantee you wont change anything. everyone needs gas, you cant deny it

Not a chance. Don't care how much gas is, it's still 10 bucks AT MOST to fill up my bike and run it for 2-3 weeks.

i think it is now clear that he is NOT joking

they're just getting what they can, soon there wont be any fuel to boycott anyway

Gas prices go up and down all of the time, just wait and theyll go back down.

so i guess its kind of a lose lose situation?

Haha more than half the people that are going to read this thread can't even drive yet.

I agree with you when you say that the US is running on gas, but i dont agree that we should sit around and watch to see what happens, until all of the oil sources are gone and the US falls apart.

this is the actual time where we need to pre empt anything. We need to start feeding off of this food obsessed culture and start running our cars on vegetable oil. think about it. its a reusable, clean source that runs in cars we already have. i dont see why you wouldnt so it, instead of dealing with paying $50 to fill up your gas tank everytime your car is out of gas.

Here's the email that's been circulating around:



GAS WAR - an idea that WILL work
> > >
> > > This was originally sent by a retired Coca Cola executive. It came
from
> > one of his engineer buddies who retired from Halliburton. It ' s worth
> your
> > consideration.
> > >
> > > Join the resistance!!!! I hear we are going to hit close to $4.00 a
> > gallon by next summer and it might go higher!! Want gasoline prices to
> come
> > down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip
Hollsworth
> > offered this good idea.
> > >
> > > This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the "don't buy gas on a certain day"
> > campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just
> > laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt"
ourselves
> > by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it
was
> a
> > problem for them.
> > >
> > > BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
> > really work. Please read on and join with us! By now you're probably
> > thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Me too! It is
> > currently $2.79 for regular unleaded in my town. Now that the oil
> companies
> > and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a
> gallon
> > of gas is CHEAP at $1.50 - $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to
> > teach them that BUYERS control the marketplace..... not sellers. With
the
> > price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take
> action.
> > The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit
> > someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And, we can do
that
> > WITHOUT hurting ourselves. How? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't
> > just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all
> act
> > together to force a price war.
> > >
> > > Here's the idea:
> > >
> > > For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the two
> > biggest companies (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not
> > selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they
> > reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit.
> > >
> > > But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon
and
> > Mobil gas buyers. It's really simple to do! Now, don't wimp out at this
> > point.... keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach
millions
> > of people.
> > >
> > > I am sending this note to 30 people. If each of us sends it to at
least
> > ten more (30 x 10 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least ten
more
> > (300 x 10 =3D 3,000)...and so on, by the time the message reaches the
> sixth
> > group of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers. If
> > those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each,
then
> > 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level
further,
> > you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
> > >
> > > Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (If
you
> > don't understand how we can reach 300 million and all you have to do is
> > send this to 10 people.... Well, let's face it, you just aren't a
> > mathematician. But I am, so trust me on this one.)
> > >
> > > How long would all that take? If each of us sends this e-mail out to
ten
> > more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could
> > conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!!
> > >
> > > I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you?
> > >
> > > Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you,
> > please pass this message on. I suggest that we not buy from EXXON/MOBIL
> > UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN.
> > >
> > > THIS CAN REALLY WORK. ( and besides, they have really shitty
coffee!!!)



Sorry it's not formatted well at all, I'm too lazy to redo it.

Exxon/Mobile is the richest anything in the world right now. No country comes even close and the closest company is walmart

i want to get one of those vegetable oiled cars like on the mtv commnercial where they make a tour bus to run on it
(cheap and really tight)

^i really dont see why you wouldnt, its cheap, efficient, and youre not helping the gas companies get what they want

i really like the idea of this, but there is many flaws in this plan. First no matter were you buy your gas your giving money to a huge coperation like Exxon. Little gas stations that dont have a Exxon sign out in front of them may still but their gas from Exxon and just not sell it under the Exxon Mobile name. In the end your going to be giving your money to some huge douche bag coperation. then its going to exucitives and rulers/ presidents of middle eastern countries. Then they are going to spend it some worthless shit.

^thats why you get an alternative fuel for your car, like WVO and use as little gas as necessary.

just check out www.greasecar.com itll tell you everyhtin you have to do for the conversion.

its all about the vegi oil, chaps. it costs, what, a grand or something? then you dont have to buy any gas...thats what I am doing

i wanan get me one of them smart cars

My gov teacher told our class today that every day, the head of exxon makes $110,000 in his retirement. thats a bunch of bull shit when this asshole is making us pay over $3.00 a gallon.

Also, today I had less then a quarter tank of gas left so i stopped to get some, but there were signs that said no gas. so i went to another station and there were signs that said no regular gas. at this point im getting a little nervous cause i dont wanna run out and finally the last one i find has gas left. its really scary that gas stations are running out. kinda reminds me of the 1970's and gas rationing.

Exxon's profits for 2005 according to Forbes magazine were 38.5 BILLION dollars. and thats PURE PROFIT! Thats probably more than my countries GDP, and they have it just sitting around in thier pockets.

Put a ski rack on your bike!

that's $147,000

and this is a good idea. i'll gladly do it when i start driving.

also while we're at it, why not boycott china? their political system is terrible, the human rights violations over there are unbelievable, yet we still trade with them because they make children work all day to make toys for our children to play with, and its cheap. but hey! they're turning more capitalistic! maybe democracy will follow, except it hasnt in the last 30 or so years that it's been moving towards capitalism. i'm sick of the US caring more about capitalism than democracy. i mean come on, practice what you preach. bah.

i dont care howm uch gas is, i need it for my gas guzzlin jeep, i love my jeep, i love driving, thus i wll alwyas fill up, it might be a lot but i dont bitch cause its something i need. Would you bitch if your water bill went up?

yes.

gas should be expensive, it's not gonna last, so high prices might make it last my lifetime

would you stop using it? no, you need your gonna keep buying it, if you bitch about gs, then buy a hybrid or ride a fucking bike!

gas is still cheaper then water...fiqured that one out

except oil companies shouldnt be benefiting off of the higher prices, which is why it makes sense to tax the shit out of oil company profits. And also, if you are going to jack up gas prices, you need to make sure you are providing a readily available alternative.

How can you be content with the way oil companys rape the consumers, do your parents pay for your gas?

dop you know how much $$ water companies make?

Yeah but at least you have an alternative with water: tap water...
with gas, you have no alternative, you HAVE to buy it, so the companies, who by the way are not dumb, are making huge profits because of the NEED of gas..

I got that email too. apparently the idea of boycotting exxon and mobile is really getting around

dipshit, yopu must live with mommy and dady still, cause you still pay for tap water. man kids get dumber and bumber these days!

man that was mean, but my point is still accross.

i have so much to say about this topic considering i drive a fucking gas guzzler myself with no money to buy a little car. FOR ONE, there is no way that was written by the coca cola company guy because why would he say TWO companies exxon and mobil when its one company lmao. hes not ignorant.
gas in my town is now 3.19. 3 fucking 19. thats fucking nuts. i remember back in like 98/99 when i moved upstate from the bronx it was like 1.50. anyway the gas companies for some reason can raise gas prices but its not bush's fault. just because he's republican doesn't mean he hates poor people. i'm middle class and these gas prices hurt like a bitch. i work at mcdonalds and make shit money and takes me 15 minutes to get there at 65mph. it used to cost me 5 dollars to and from and thats when gas a was cheap 2.50 lmao. now when its 3.10 or whatever it takes 5 there 5 back. then 5 to school then 5 home. so theres 20 in a day thats considering i don't go out at night and shit. so i work monday's tues and wen. thats 60 dollars! my packchecks come out to 89! my twin works too though. but somethings got to give!

there are new laws coming out though. gas must have a certain amount of ethanol or something. like 10%, some shit. i saw on cnn that will make it 7 cents cheaper. WOWOW. my opinion is the goverment should really look in to vegtable and hydrogen. hydrogen is one of the most abundant gases around. (i'm failing chemistry) i think the car companies should make cars like this and make them luxurious yet AFFORABLE. no reason why i should have to pay 15000 for a car. i think they would make a lot of money. but the demand would be high and supply low causing high prices. lmao so either way where can we win? i think they should use gas for goverment reasons. cops, ambulances, mail man etc. everyone else, use something smarter, stuff better for air and cheaper.

boycotting wouldn't work. you just need to have use it.

not everyone pays for tap water. don't be ignorant. for instance my family doesn't have too cause we have a well.

yeah man, kids just keep getting bumber!
I hope you were trying to be ironic there

they got us by the balls alright...

Ouch dude that was harsh....and you are right, sorry about the first part of what i said...

i hate when smaller businesses go out business by mainstream cooperations like rogers, completely knocking away my local neigbourhoods movie rental store.

now all we have is the newest on the market bullshit movies for rediculous prices.

i liked being able to go rent something made in 1990, watch it, and enjoy it.

amen to that.

actually by definition tap water isnt water from wells like you have.

Shell finnished the last quarter with a 30million$ profit...i don't think that is fair to charge us up the ying yang, and they are still making 30mill profit....just a thought

or not. ill go to whatever place is cheapest and gladly by gas. because gas is what makes my car move!

and I clearly dont know how to use html tags in order to make a point. only the "word" bumber was supposed to be bold to emphasize his poor spelling of the word "dumber"

First off all I am a petroleum engineer so I have thought about this a lot. Second OPEC is the only multinational coporation that does not abide to federal and internatonal law concerning oil prices. Ok now about gas itself. All gas you buy at the pump is exactly the same. It all comes though a pipeline to your local distribution center. Often times the gas that Exon produces might be sold at a conico station. That said it is probable to buy your gas at a different station so do it if you dont like a company then go buy your gas elseware. The sad truth however is that big oil companies do not decide the price of gas! A grouping of private and goverment official along with regional and corporate officials from every company decide the price of gas. The truth is gas is an extreamly valuable resource. Its called fucking captialism thats the way it works. You fuckers are lucky im not in charge of the price of gas because it would be easily five bucks and I would have no remource. If you want to save money on gas drive less you ass hole and buy a more fuel efficient car. Not just the big companies are making money everyone is making a lot of money which is primarly pumped into the US economy. Oil companies want customers and they will continue to be fair about prices. They are just companies they are not evil infact alot of the people are sick as hell. They are not trying to ruin america so relax and dont shit yourself everytime you have to payan additional 5 bucks on a tank of gas.

Bottom line if you want to save money on gas drive less and realize that you cant do shit to change the price. And if you really want to make a difference become a lab rat chem e and invent an alternative fuel that no one will use.

people are so quick to say IT"S ALL BUSH THAT SCUMBAG blah blah

I just read some other threads. Some kid said he is pissed that the CEO of Exon puts 100,000$ in his retirement account and its true he worked that hard and elevated himself to that position. How about bill gates who pust about 4 mill in his pocket. Why dont you boycott microsoft work which cost what $50.

What about veggi oil. Ok everyone switch to that except if we all switched to it the ammount of corn that we would have to grow would be a field abou the size of arizona. Good luck with that.

There is enough oil on this planet to completly harvest it and then by the time every last drop is consumed it would start forming again. With the technology we have now we generally get about 10-40% recovery from a well. There is enough oil locked up in oil shale to run this planet for about 100 years.

And lastly how about global warming? Hey I woulden mind some beach frun property in Airzona haha.

it is Bush you dumb ass. What the fuck are you retarted he is directly responsible for the people in his cabinet and the big business non goverment control in the US. You are a fucking retard thats what he does he is an oil tycoon jesus christ.